'Musical Comedy Tonight' planned Wednesday

NSU students celebrate music of Broadway

NSU students celebrate music of Broadway

April 29, 2007|From staff reports

The members of Northern State University's musical theater performance class will present the annual “Musical Comedy Tonight” at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Johnson Fine Arts Center. The evening of student work is meant to celebrate the music of the “Great White Way.” According to Northern, students will “delight the audience with performances from many popular Broadway musicals.” Presented will be selections from “Wicked,” “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes,” “The Lion King,” “Once on This Island,” “Les Miserables,” “Company,” “Sunday in the Park with George,” “The Last Five Years,” “Where's Charley?,” “Camelot,” “Sweeney Todd,” “Guys and Dolls,” “Martin Guerre,” “Crazy For You,” “Oh! Kay!” and “Can-Can.” The musical theater performance class is taught by NSU director of theater Daniel Yurgaitis, who directs “Comedy Tonight.” All proceeds from the production will go to the Theatre Scholarship Fund, which assists deserving and talented theater students in attending NSU. Reserved tickets are $10 and are available at the NSU Bookstore. The production features Bonny Athy of St. Charles, Iowa; Samantha Banner of Iowa Falls, Iowa; Rory K. Behrens of Rapid City; Jody Coburn of Sioux Falls; Phil Coghlan of Jamestown, N.D.; Kristi Fiel of Ashley, N.D.; Stephanie Finn of Philip; Angela Nguyen of Aberdeen; Shanon Patek of Watertown; Sara Pillatzki-Warzeha of LaBolt; Adam Karal Sahli of Aberdeen; Matthew Sides of Webster; and Brian Warzeha of Long Lake, Minn. For further information, call the NSU Bookstore at (605) 626-2655 or the NSU Department of Theater at (605) 626-2563.